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Fair Food Network
Double Up Food Bucks
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Fair Food Network is a national nonprofit founded on the belief
that vibrant local food systems can create health and economic
opportunity for all. We pioneer win/win/win solutions that
support farmers, strengthen local economies, and increase
access to healthy food—especially in our most underserved
communities. Dig deeper at fairfoodnetwork.org.
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Table of Contents
Overview
History
Impact
Double Up Model
In Their Words
Innovations – Grocery
and Mobile Payment
Partnerships
Communications
Evaluation
Advocacy
Onward
Thank You
Appendix: Research
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Overview
We are creating more vibrant,
fair, and sustainable food systems
—and seeing measurable results.
Fair Food Network’s Double Up Food Bucks (Double Up) program makes it easier for
low-income Americans to eat fresh fruits and vegetables while supporting family
farmers and growing local economies. With a five-year track record, Double Up is a
proven, innovative model that simultaneously delivers health and economic opportunity.
Here’s how it works. Double Up provides low-income Americans who receive
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits with a one-to-one match to
purchase healthy, locally grown fruits and vegetables. The wins are three-fold: families bring
home more healthy food, local farmers gain new customers and make more money, and
more food dollars stay in the local economy. Each has ripple effects across the community.
Since 2009, Double Up has grown from five farmers markets in Detroit to more than
150 sites across Michigan and northern Ohio—and has become a model for communities
nationwide. With its established, uniform design and centralized administration, the Double
Up model reduces the burden placed on local markets and supports a diverse range of
communities. The program is also defined by its comprehensive communications and
strong partnerships including with statewide agencies.
Double Up has now expanded beyond farmers markets into grocery stores, the critical next
frontier in healthy food incentives. And Fair Food Network has developed two technology
innovations to support mobile payment of healthy food incentives.
Our success, by the numbers.
5 to 150+
1,000+
$5+ Million1
Michigan Leadership
200,000+
10,000+
3+ Million2
1 Calculated adding SNAP annual totals plus
Double Up distributed during season.
Growth of Double Up
sites across Michigan
since 2009 launch.
Total SNAP/Double
Up customer visits to
participating sites—from
farmers markets to mobile
trucks to grocery stores.
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Number of farmers
who participated in
2013 alone.
The number of first
time SNAP customers
at Michigan farmers
markets in 2013.
Amount of money Michigan
farmers and vendors have
earned in the past five years
with SNAP and Double Up.
Pounds of healthy food SNAP
customers have bought since 2009
with SNAP and Double Up.
In five years, SNAP sales at farmers
markets across the state have grown to
$1.7 million, among the top five states
in the nation, yet less than 4% of total
SNAP participants live in the state.3
2 Calculated using Feeding America’s conversion factor of $1.62 per pound of food.
3 fns.usda.gov
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Healthy food =
Healthy communities,
Healthy economies.
How Double
Up Benefits a
Community
A family spends $20 in SNAP
dollars at a participating site.
They receive $20 in Double
Up Food Bucks for Michigan
grown fruits and vegetables.
Helping more Americans buy fresh, healthy food from local farmers is a simple yet
powerful concept. With programs such as Double Up, every dollar spent does at least
double duty, providing a dollar in new sales for American family farmers and a dollar
in real nutrition assistance, improving community health and keeping food dollars
circulating in local economies.
The Agricultural Act of 2014, or Farm Bill, includes $100 million to support the Food
Insecurity Nutrition Incentive (FINI) grants program, a new national healthy produce effort
modeled after successful programs such as Double Up.
Five years ago, we launched Double Up with the vision to design and field-test a program
that would create on-the-ground impact, serve as a model for others, and spur public policy
change. Today, that vision has become a reality.
The family brings home $40
worth of healthy food for $20.
Local farmers gain new
customers and sell more
produce.
More food dollars stay
in the local economy.
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History
Inspiration meets innovation:
How our pilot program became
a national model.
One of the first healthy food incentive programs took root at the Crossroads Farmers
Market in Takoma Park, Maryland, in 2006 supported by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation and
Ford Foundation. As the project at Takoma Park began drawing more SNAP shoppers to
the market, additional healthy food incentive programs began sprouting in New York City,
Boston, Holyoke (MA), and San Diego, many led by the nonprofit Wholesome Wave.
Double Up Goals
Increase access to and affordability of
fresh, nutritious fruits and vegetables
for low-income Americans.
Fair Food Network pioneered the next leap forward in healthy food incentives by
developing the first statewide program defined by its uniform design, centralized
coordination, and local implementation.
It all started in Detroit, where access to and affordability of healthy food are major
challenges. Yet Detroit is also home to a vibrant network of good food leaders, a growing
urban farming sector, and places such as Eastern Market—the largest historic market district
in the country. Moreover, Michigan is the second most agriculturally diverse state in the
country, with the food and agriculture industry contributing $91.4 billion annually to the
state’s economy.4 In this context, Detroit was an ideal place to seed a new approach to
healthy food incentives.
Increase revenue for small- and
mid-size farmers.
In 2009, Fair Food Network, in partnership with Eastern Market Corporation, launched a sixweek pilot at five markets in Detroit, including one mobile food truck. When customers used
their SNAP benefits at one of these locations, they received an equal amount of coupons,
worth up to $10 per visit, to purchase any Michigan grown fresh fruits or vegetables.
The project caught the attention of George Soros’s Open Society Foundations, which had
just launched a Special Fund for Poverty Alleviation in Michigan. One of three projects
chosen, Fair Food Network’s healthy food incentive program was funded with two
provisions: that the program expand statewide over the next three years and that Fair Food
Network raise additional funds to match those received from Open Society Foundations.
Shift public food assistance policy so
federal nutrition programs address
hunger and nutrition while supporting a more sustainable food system.
Fair Food Network obtained those matching fund commitments and launched Double
Up Food Bucks across Michigan in 2010.
4 Michigan Department of Agriculture and
Rural Development michigan.gov/mda
rd/0,4610,7-125-1572-7775--,00.html
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Today, Double Up is active in more than 150 sites across Michigan and has become a
model for healthy food incentives. The program has a broad base of support from more
than 40 private and community foundations, as well as several corporations. (A complete
list of funders can be found on page 27.)
Double Up Over the Years
We’ve Grown From
5 to 150+ Sites
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A snapshot of the program at Michigan
farmers markets July-October.
2009
$1,550,994
$1,500,000
4 markets + 1 mobile
food truck
2010
food truck
$1,250,000
$1,134,471
2011
food trucks
$1,000,000
2012
food trucks
$750,000
2013
$500,000
$250,000
Double
Up Starts
$15,832 6
$31,102
2007
2009
2009
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2011
2011
TOTAL
Dollars - $31,102
SNAP Dollars
Distributed - $21,554
Double Up Dollars
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150+ sites across Michigan and 2 in
Toledo, Ohio including 106 markets, 2
food-share programs, 2 mobile food
trucks, 3 full-service grocery stores,
and a network of farm stands
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•
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OTAL
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Dollars - $1,134,471
SNAP Dollars
Double Up Dollars
distributed - $537,318
2013
2013
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•
OTAL
T
Dollars - $1,550,994
SNAP Dollars
Double Up Dollars
distributed - $739,118
5 2013 Double Up figures dipped slightly from
2012 as the program started in July instead of
June.
6 Michigan Farmers Market Association.
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Urban markets were early adopters of the program. In recent years there has been growing
interest from small and rural markets as well as mobile trucks and farm stands. Even with
the diversity of sites offering Double Up today, customer and vendor feedback is uniformly
strong. Redemption rates have also increased year by year, reaching 93 percent in 2013.
Double Up
Shopper Snapshot
Double Up has supported a massive increase in SNAP use at farmers markets in
Michigan. In five years, SNAP sales at farmers markets across the state have grown to $1.7
million, among the top five states in the nation and the highest in the Midwest. In 2013, 8
percent of all SNAP sales at farmers markets nationwide took place in Michigan, yet less
than 4 percent of total SNAP participants live in the state.
2013 SNAP Sales at Midwest
Farmers Markets
“I go to the farmers market at least
six or seven times a month and
have been using Double Up Food
Bucks for two years. I love going
to the market. Everyone knows
the kids because they see us so
regularly. The vegetables are
such a great value and they are so
fresh—you’re not getting the last
pick here! I am in school getting
a degree in social work. It’s a lot
when you’re trying to feed three
kids and a husband. With Double
Up, I can make healthier choices
for my family and stretch my
dollar further. I also like supporting
Michigan farmers. It’s a give-give
situation.”
$1,701,926
$1,600,000
$1,400,000
$1,200,000
$1,000,000
$800,000
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aTice Ford, Double Up shopper at
Eastern Market | Detroit, Michigan
$600,000
$400,000
$307,507
$200,000
$224,395
$215,708
Ohio
Wisconsin
$47,644
Illinois
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$226,877
Indiana
Michigan Minnesota
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2013 Double Up
Farmers Market
Demographics
Large Urban
31
Small Urban
7
Suburban
29
Large Rural
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Fair Food Network’s innovations and experience at farmers markets were brought to
grocery stores in 2013 through the Double Up Grocery Project in Detroit. This project
was one of the first in the nation to receive permission from the USDA to provide incentives
in this setting. Fair Food Network has also developed two technology innovations supporting the mobile payment of healthy food incentives. Information about these efforts
can be found on pages 14-17.
Small Rural
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Total
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The new Food Insecurity Nutrition Incentive (FINI) grants program included in the 2014 Farm
Bill and modeled after efforts such as Double Up illustrates that healthy food incentives are
an idea whose time has come.
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Impact
Double Up Food Bucks: A win for
families, farmers, and communities.
Families
have healthier
choices.
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ince 2009, SNAP customers have bought 3+ million pounds of healthy food with SNAP
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and Double Up.
93% of participating SNAP users at farmers markets report eating more fruits
and vegetables, including more varieties.
Just as important, 83% report buying fewer high-fat, low-nutrition snacks.
93% report that the selection, quality, and prices of produce were better at farmers
markets compared to where they usually shop.
80% find it easy to get to their local farmers markets.
Farmers get
a financial
boost.
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In the past five years, Michigan farmers have earned $5+ million with SNAP and Double Up.
1,000+ farmers participated in the program in 2013 alone.
90% of participating farmers report selling more fruits and vegetables; 85% report
making more money.
Some farmers reported expanding and diversifying production and buying or leasing
new equipment.
The Double Up
Shopper
Age
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18-34: 26%
35-54: 43%
55+: 29%
Race
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American Indian: 3%
Asian: 1%
Black or African American: 50%
Hispanic/Latino: 5%
Other or multiple races: 1%
White: 39%
Gender
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Female: 82%
Male: 18%
What are they
buying?
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F ruits: apples, peaches, strawberries, blueberries, melons
Vegetables: tomatoes, cucumbers, corn, broccoli, potatoes
Local
economies
thrive.
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In five years, SNAP sales at farmers markets across the state have grown to $1.7 million,
among the top five states in the nation and the highest in the Midwest.
A dollar spent at a farmers market can generate $2.80 for the community’s economy. 7
By keeping their food dollars circulating in the local economy, SNAP recipients can
stimulate economic activity and opportunity within their communities.
Using an economic multiplier model, a national study of healthy food incentives at a
sampling of more than 500 markets nationwide calculated that the SNAP incentives in
just the markets surveyed generated upwards of $4.3 million in economic activity. 8
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7 Sonntag, V. “Why Local Linkages Matter: Findings from the Local Food Economy Study.” Seattle,
Washington, Sustainable Seattle. April 2008.
8 Learn more about the National Healthy Food
Incentives Cluster Evaluation on page 22.
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When more Americans buy
healthy food from local family
farmers, everyone wins.
The ripple effect of healthy food incentives.
What you can get for $20 with
SNAP benefits at the farmers market.
SNAP shoppers buy more fresh fruits and veggies, supporting better health outcomes and
creating the potential for long-term healthcare savings.
What you can get for $40 when your
SNAP benefits are matched dollar for
dollar with Double Up Food Bucks.
Farmers gain new customers, sell more produce, and make more money. Back on the farm,
they expand and diversify what they grow and can buy new equipment and hire more help.
More food dollars stay in the local economy.
An entire community benefits.
With food assistance making up the greatest single expenditure in the federal
agriculture budget, redirecting even a small percentage of SNAP funds toward healthy,
locally grown food is a game changer.
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Double Up Model
Unique. Proven.
Engineered to be replicated.
Double Up at
Farmers Markets
Double Up is unique among the growing field of incentive programs nationwide. With
a five-year track record, Fair Food Network’s Double Up Food Bucks is a successful and
scalable model for healthy food incentives.
The Double Up model is defined by five components:
Uniform design, central coordination, and local implementation over
a broad geographic region. Double Up’s uniform design and centralized
administration reduces the burden placed on local markets and supports a
diverse range of communities.
Innovations. Double Up adapts to meet new challenges, integrating into
grocery stores and crossing new frontiers in mobile payment processing
technology at farmers markets.
Powerful partnerships. Double Up’s success is rooted in partnerships—
from those that support on-the-ground implementation to key statewide
organizations.
Match: $1:$1
Communications. Double Up is united by a comprehensive and uniform
brand and a dynamic social marketing campaign, including templates for
local groups to support on-the-ground implementation.
Original Purchase: SNAP
Evaluation. From comprehensive annual external evaluations to deeper
dives into associated health impacts and technology innovations, we are
committed to serious evaluation of our work.
Limit: $20 per market day
eligible foods
Double Up Purchase: Michigan
grown fruits and vegetables only
Currency: Tokens at most markets;
2 mobile payment pilots
With its uniform design and broad geographic scope, various components—from record
keeping to communications and evaluation—can be centralized. This allows markets of all
sizes and types to easily adopt Double Up at a relatively low cost and low administrative
burden. It also frees local partners to focus on what they do best—ensuring the program’s
success in their communities.
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Double Up
Farmer Profile
Behind the scenes: Working with markets
Fair Food Network selects participating Double Up sites annually. Markets are chosen based
on location with the goal of providing a concentration of sites in areas of highest need. Markets must demonstrate experience in distributing SNAP benefits and administrative capacity
to implement the program. While not a requirement, complementary programming (e.g.,
cooking demos, health screenings, gardening, kid-friendly activities, transportation to the
market, etc.) is also taken into consideration.
Fair Food Network provides all the resources needed to successfully implement the
program. In advance of the season, markets receive funding to help cover administrative
costs and Double Up redemption, along with a season’s supply of Double Up tokens or
equipment for mobile payments (see pages 16-17).
Fair Food Network designs and disseminates all record-keeping forms, vendor
communication tools, and program outreach materials (e.g., posters, flyers). Fair Food
Network also hosts an in-person or virtual orientation session for market managers. As the
season progresses, Fair Food Network staff maintains regular communication via email and
occasional site visits and offers follow-up trainings and responsive technical assistance in
partnership with the Michigan Farmers Market Association. Finally, working closely with
market partners, Fair Food Network supports local funder engagement.
“Double Up Food Bucks draws
people to the market and allows
them to stretch their limited food
dollars to access the best that
Michigan has to offer. Having
worked as a nurse, I have been
preaching about healthy lifestyles
for decades. And now people arrive
at the market with not only $20,
but $40 to spend on nutritious,
Michigan grown fruits and
vegetables. Last year nearly 1,000
people came to the Downtown
Ypsilanti Farmers Market just
because of Double Up. That’s
$40,000 that at the end of the day
goes into the pockets of Michigan
farmers like me.”
- Vicki Zilke, Zilke Vegetable Farms
Milan, Michigan
The Double Up program and associated tools have been compiled into a practitioner
toolkit. Fair Food Network staff is also on hand to provide technical assistance to those
interested in replicating this model in their communities. Learn more about the toolkit and
associated support on page 25 and at fairfoodnetwork.org.
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In Their Words
96% of farmers would
participate in Double Up again.
“Double Up has made a huge impact on our sales.”
– Michelle Shankwiler
Farmer | Ypsilanti, Michigan
“We appreciate the fact that it’s putting honest, healthy foods in people’s hands. We
are glad to have more business, but even aside from the sales factor, we’re happy
knowing the people have the good food.”
– Matt & Carissa Visser
Isadore Farm | Cedar, Michigan
“I love it. Because of Double Up, our business has a whole new layer of customers.”
- Greg Willerer
Brother Nature Produce | Detroit, Michigan
Double Up Customers
appreciate the program.
“You mean I get that much food and the farmer gets all of that money?
I like this. It feels like we’re helping each other.”
- YMCA Farmers Market customer | Grand Rapids, Michigan
“It stretches my food budget. I don’t have to make the choice between bread
and beets; I can get both.”
- Allen Street Farmers Market customer | Lansing, Michigan
“Double Up really helps us to be able to afford more fresh fruits and
vegetables. Especially for us seniors, since almost all of us have very low
incomes.”
-Downtown Ypsilanti Farmers Market customer | Ypsilanti, Michigan
“For families like mine, who spend the bulk of their food budget in the produce
department, this is real big for us. This is a budget saver.”
- Westside Farmers Market customer | Lansing, Michigan
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“I have had so much fun taking my girls to the market with me this summer to let
them pick out fruits and veggies. I have been teaching them how to steam and
sauté…and how to freeze fruits and veggies so that we can enjoy them in the winter.
Because of the Double Up program I am able to give my girls some food now and put
some in the freezer for this winter. That is something I would not have been able to
do without this program.”
– Double Up shopper email
“[Double Up] has helped me to improve on my health and helped me to eat more
healthier because I have more foods available. And it helps me to encourage the
children that I love to eat healthier because I take them along with me.”
– Detroit Double Up shopper
Health Impact Evaluation focus group | Detroit, Michigan
98% of farmers market managers
would participate in Double Up again.
“At our market, we see a more diverse customer base. We are seeing a TRUE picture of
our local social economic situation and a TRUER picture of who lives in our community
now that ALL community members have access to buy at their farmers markets.”
- Market manager survey
“Double Up Food Bucks is giving people access to Michigan grown produce—
giving people a reason to buy it. For vendors, it’s uplifting and financially rewarding.
It’s also a cohesive effort among markets in our area and that’s something I am really
proud of.”
- Chris Broadbent
100 Mile Market manager | Kalamazoo, Michigan
“Double Up will add more people to your market and create more funding for your
vendors, which will create a domino effect resulting in more people coming to
your market.”
- Emil Hannesson
Metro Health Farm Market manager | Wyoming, Michigan
“Double Up brings a totally new customer demographic to our farmers markets in
Battle Creek and Bellevue. Vendors have a larger customer base with increased
buying capacity. And SNAP families are exposed to new fruits and vegetables with
the opportunity for healthier diets. It also imparts a sense of community for us all.”
rigette Leach
-B
Battle Creek Farmers Market Association secretary treasurer and Co-owner of
Avalon Farms Homegrown, LLC | Climax, Michigan
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Innovations
Double Up has been at the
forefront of innovations in healthy
food incentives.
Double Up at
Grocery Stores
Original Purchase: Customer
spends $10 on any produce using
SNAP benefits.
Double Up Purchase: Customer
receives $10 Double Up gift card to
spend on Michigan grown fruits and
vegetables on next purchase
The Double Up Grocery Project
Grocery stores are the next frontier for healthy food incentives. In 2013, Fair Food
Network brought its experiences with farmers markets to traditional grocery outlets. The
Double Up Grocery Project was one of the first in the country to receive permission from
the USDA to provide healthy food incentives in this setting. The project was unveiled at the
2013 Clinton Global Initiative America gathering.
The pilot in Detroit ran from July 1 to October 31, 2013 at three independent stores—Honey
Bee Market, Metro FoodLand, and Mike’s Fresh Market—increasing healthy food access for
more than 3,500 low-income Detroiters. Stores were selected based on location, product
mix, community reputation, and interest in participating.
USDA was an active partner in shaping the pilot. Fair Food Network collaborated with
UpLift Solutions to translate the program to this new setting. AFPD, the trade association
representing independent grocers in Michigan, Indiana, and Ohio, also provided support
connecting with grocers and developing the systems needed. Fair Food Network secured
funding to provide the incentives and led project coordination, marketing, community
outreach, and evaluation. The stores committed to stocking Michigan produce and led instore marketing, staff training, and reporting.
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Bringing Double Up to grocery stores has multiple benefits. First, it broadens the reach of
healthy food incentives to support SNAP shoppers who may not frequent farmers markets.
It also increases opportunities for SNAP shoppers to use incentives, helping integrate more
healthful buying patterns. Finally, it deepens support for local and regional family farmers.
Detroit Lions +
Double Up For
The Win
2013 Detroit pilot findings:
Fair Food Network and the Detroit
Lions have teamed up to promote
healthy eating in the Motor City.
As part of the Detroit Lions “Living
for the City” initiative, the NFL team
sponsored a sweepstakes contest
to promote the Double Up Grocery
Project in Detroit with the grand prize
being a VIP package to the Lions’
Thanksgiving Day game.
Valued by SNAP Customers
• More than 3,600 Double Up cards were distributed during the four-month pilot.
• 78% of the Double Up cards were used at least once; 43% of total funds
were redeemed.
Healthier Choices for Families
• 88% of customers surveyed reported buying more fruits and vegetables
because of the program.
• 57% of customers reported buying less junk food.
Michigan Grown
• Nearly $16,000 in Double Up rewards was spent in stores on Michigan
grown produce.
• The stores stocked an average of 22 different Michigan grown fruits and vegetables
each week, exceeding the requirement that they stock a minimum of 15.
• Michigan grown produce accounted for around 24% of produce sales during the
four-month pilot, totaling more than $189,000. 9
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Michigan and beyond. Independent grocers will continue to be key partners. Fair
Food Network is also building a partnership with SpartanNash, a food distributor and
grocery store chain headquartered in Michigan with a footprint in 44 states and the
District of Columbia. Two key arenas for refinement include improving in-store
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Fair Food Network and the power
of local food received a national
spotlight during the Thanksgiving
Day game halftime show in a video
featuring football legend and Lions’
alum Barry Sanders. The video told
the story of the Detroit Lions Meet
Up & Eat Up project, which brought
elementary school students from
across the city to Detroit Eastern
Market to exercise and learn about
the importance of healthy eating.
Fair Food Network was also on hand
to talk about Double Up and pass
out tokens for the kids to use at the
farmers market to buy fresh, Michigan
grown fruits and vegetables.
9 This figure represents sales to all customers
using all currencies, including SNAP, Double Up
Food Bucks, and their own cash/credit/debit.
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We’re helping move incentives
into the digital world.
Evolutions in SNAP processing require new ways to offer incentives. Farmers markets are
exploring new mobile payment systems as SNAP use at farmers markets grows. There are
multiple benefits to mobile payment: for markets and vendors, there are automatic payment
reports and no tedious token counting; for SNAP shoppers, it lessens the stigma and
inconvenience of using physical tokens; it also lowers the potential for loss, fraud, or misuse.
Flint Farmers Market: SNAP and Double Up compatible point-of-sale device pilot.
Working with the Flint Farmers Market, Fair Food Network partnered with Flint-based
Epic Technology Solutions, LLC to develop software10 that electronically distributes
Double Up credits using a Double Up “Market Card”.
How it works. A customer signs up and receives a Double Up Market Card on their first
visit to the market. When the customer makes a SNAP purchase at the market, the vendor
credits an equal amount of Double Up Food Bucks to the customer’s Market Card. Then the
customer uses the Market Card to purchase Michigan grown produce.
When the Flint market launched this system in August 2011, it was the first in the
country to offer a food assistance incentive program electronically—a groundbreaking
development. After an initial learning phase, vendor and customer feedback has been
overwhelmingly positive. The Flint market will continue using this system through the
2014 season. “Double Up Food Bucks has
been a huge success in Flint
and Genesee County. We
are repeatedly moved by
the stories of families who
have been touched by the
program. Double Up gives
families healthy options and
helps keep money in our
community.”
– Dick Ramsdell, Manager
Flint Farmers Market
Flint, Michigan
Results since the August 2011 project launch include:
• 9,000+ Number of customers who have signed up for Double Up Market Cards.
• 90,000+ Number of individual purchases made electronically from participating vendors.
• $367,550 Additional amount customers have spent in SNAP benefits, earning an
equal amount of Double Up credits.
• $267,000+ Double Up credits spent as of December 31, 2013.
10 Funding for hardware was provided by a
grant to the Flint Farmers Market from the
Michigan Economic Development Corporation.
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Kent County: Mobile EBT Pilot.
In 2012, the Michigan Department of Community Health launched a WIC EBT pilot at 10
farmers markets in Kent County, Western Michigan. For the 2012 season, each farmer and
vendor was provided an iOS device with an app called Mobile Market+ that could process
both WIC and SNAP EBT cards. 11
Fair Food Network saw an opportunity to test another mobile system, first working with
Flint’s Epic Technology Solutions and then partnering with Mobile Market+ app developer
Novo Dia Group, Inc.
Double Up functionality is now fully integrated with the SNAP function of Mobile
Market+, and customers need only their SNAP EBT cards to make both SNAP and Double
Up purchases.
Vendors, customers, and market managers provided feedback throughout the process to
help refine the app and trainings. Nearly four times the amount of Double Up dollars were
spent using the app in 2013 compared to the same time period in 2012. An evaluation
supported by the Aetna Foundation will further explore the impact of this technology on
SNAP shoppers’ fruit and vegetable consumption.
The Mobile Market+ app is now available to markets and vendors nationwide.
Contact Fair Food Network to learn more.
11 Funding for devices, processing, and
connectivity provided through USDA, Michigan
Department of Community Health, and
Michigan Department of Human Services.
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Partnerships
Our work is made possible
(and better) by partnerships.
The success of Double Up is grounded in partnerships—those that support on-theground implementation and those that extend its impact with targeted outreach and
complementary programming.
Critical to Double Up’s success has been our close collaboration with major statewide
organizations including:
•
Michigan Farmers Market Association (MIFMA), a core Double Up partner, supports
communicating with and providing technical assistance to participating farmers markets.
MIFMA’s Food Assistance Partnership program also helps markets access additional
tools and resources needed to facilitate acceptance of SNAP benefits and participate in
Double Up.
•
Michigan Department of Human Services (MDHS), the state agency in Michigan
that implements the SNAP program, has been a valuable partner in rolling out Double Up
across Michigan. Most notably, MDHS facilitates a Double Up direct mailer to
SNAP recipients.
•
Michigan Nutrition Network (MNN) at Michigan Fitness Foundation (MFF) is one
of the SNAP-Ed Implementing Agencies in Michigan. For the past three years, MFF
has supported design and production of Double Up outreach materials, including
integration of focus-group tested USDA core nutrition messages, and cross promotion
via the MFF SNAP-Ed statewide social marketing campaign. MFF has also supported
distribution of materials as a collaborative effort to increase the fruit and vegetable
consumption of Michigan SNAP participants.
•
Food Bank Council of Michigan conducts SNAP outreach to ensure that those
who qualify for the benefit are enrolled to receive it. Given its direct contact with
eligible participants, it has been an important partner in developing a streamlined and
coordinated outreach strategy.
Fair Food Network
“Families working toward
independence and selfsufficiency need food security
and good nutrition. The
Michigan Department of
Human Services’ partnership
with Fair Food Network helps
adults and children access
healthy Michigan grown
food and supports farmers
throughout Michigan.”
– Maura Corrigan, Director,
Michigan Department of
Human Services
Partners that help
distribute Double Up
outreach materials
Number of distribution sites
Participating Double
Up Sites
Community organizations
including senior centers and
faith-based groups
Food banks and pantries
Healthcare providers
Public health and Michigan
State University Extension
School, youth programming,
and adult education
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14
11
8
7
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Communications
Double Up delivers dynamic
communications.
A hallmark of the Double Up program is its integrated and dynamic social marketing campaign.
With comprehensive and uniform branding, we deploy a range of outreach strategies and
tactics including templates for local groups to support on-the-ground implementation.
Between October 1, 2012 and September 30, 2013, the Double Up social marketing
campaign reached more than 1 million SNAP recipients and eligibles. In 2013,
participating markets reported that more than 10,000 SNAP customers came to the
market for the first time, indicating that our campaign is effectively reaching and
motivating a new customer base. We have also seen past spikes in Double Up use at
markets in zip codes that received a direct mailer.
Primary communications activities include:
Outreach Materials: We design a variety of outreach materials including flyers, posters,
template materials for local partners to customize, as well as branded promotional items
to share with customers. Materials are produced in English and Spanish and disseminated
through a diverse network of partner organizations including healthcare providers, food
banks, community organizations, senior centers, public health groups, and more.
Direct Mail: A crucial outreach piece often cited by market managers is the direct mail
postcard sent to SNAP recipients’ homes in coordination with the Michigan Department of
Human Services. For the past three years, MNN at MFF, a SNAP-Ed Implementing Agency
in Michigan, has supported the design and production of the Double Up mailer and other
outreach materials integrating focus-group tested USDA core nutrition messages.
Media: Double Up deploys a range of paid and earned media, including billboards,
bus, radio, and print ads, and a statewide outreach campaign. Local partners are engaged
throughout the process to extend outreach in their markets.
Digital: Double Up maintains a website doubleupfoodbucks.org, which contains detailed
information about the program, participating locations, and partners. The website URL is
included in all program materials. Fair Food Network also employs Google and Facebook ads.
Hotline: Fair Food Network maintains a year-round, toll-free hotline (866.586.2796) that
customers can call to ask questions about the program. This phone number is included in all
program materials. Between July and September 2012, we fielded more than 850 calls.
Fair Food Network
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Evaluation
Our investments in good food
are getting great results.
Rigorous evaluation is a cornerstone of the Double Up program. Since 2011, Fair
Food Network has worked with Detroit-based JFM Consulting Group (JFM) to conduct
comprehensive external evaluations annually. Fair Food Network is also partnering with the
University of Michigan Department of Family Medicine and School of Public Health on an
in-depth health impact evaluation.
Our evaluation work has two primary goals: to determine the effectiveness of the program
in promoting healthier food choices and to define the program’s impact on markets, farmers
and vendors, and the local food economy. The health impact evaluation will provide an
in-depth analysis of who is using the Double Up program in Detroit, effects on participants’
diets, and potential associated health impacts.
Evaluation results have informed program implementation, policy and advocacy discussions,
and the development of the Double Up toolkit to support the program’s replication. Learn
more about this toolkit on page 25.
To date, a variety of quantitative and qualitative methods
have been used to evaluate the program.
At farmers markets, evaluation has included:
• Daily data collection by farmers market managers including number of customers,
number of SNAP customers that used Double Up for the first time at that market, and
SNAP and Double Up dollars distributed and redeemed.
• Surveys of SNAP customers collected at farmers markets.
• Surveys and in-depth interviews with participating farmers and vendors.
• Web-based, self-administered surveys of farmers market managers and year-end
reporting.
For the Double Up Grocery Project (page 14-15), evaluators surveyed and interviewed
grocery store staff, surveyed customers, and collected distribution and redemption purchase
data from the stores’ register systems.
The health impact evaluation is using a blend of qualitative and quantitative research
methods including surveys, focus groups, and analysis of Double Up transaction data.
Evaluation results have been published in annual reports which are available on Fair
Food Network’s website. See the Appendix (page 28) for a complete list of past evaluation
reports and other research.
Fair Food Network
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Health Impact Evaluation.
Fair Food Network is partnering with the University of Michigan Department of Family
Medicine and School of Public Health on an in-depth analysis of who is using the Double Up
program in Detroit, effects on participants’ diets, and potential associated health impacts.
The study includes surveys, focus groups, and an analysis of more than 22,000 Double Up
transactions from seven Detroit farmers markets during the 2012 and 2013 market seasons
linked with de-identified sociodemographic data. Using this approach, the researchers can
evaluate individual-level purchasing patterns and sociodemographic trends among Double
Up shoppers. They will also explore some of the barriers and facilitators that customers
experience when using Double Up and the impact of Double Up on fruit and vegetable
purchase and consumption.
Preliminary unpublished results from the focus groups
are already providing insights.
Double Up has helped. Participants felt Double Up played a critical role in supporting a shift
to healthier diets. Incentives promoted increased purchase and consumption of fruits and
vegetables, and also helped stretch SNAP dollars for other needed purchases.
Participants valued the farmers market experience, especially the social environment,
relationships with farmers, the chance to try new produce, and access to resources including
cooking demos and recipe sharing. Many participants appreciated the opportunity to
support Michigan farmers, and also felt farmers markets offered better quality and more
diverse produce selection than their other shopping choices.
Barriers still exist. Although Double Up enabled shoppers to substantially increase their fruit
and vegetable consumption, many participants still felt they did not eat enough produce.
Cost and preparation time were the most commonly cited barriers. Lack of transportation
or convenient market hours were also said to limit participation. Once at the market, some
participants were initially confused about how to use the incentives and which vendors
accepted Double Up.
“The ripple effect from a
program like Double Up can
be remarkable. It supports
healthy choices for families
that need it the most. When
healthy choices become
healthy habits, we see more
positive medical outcomes
for both individuals and entire
communities.”
– Nancy L. Snyderman,
MD, FACS, NBC Chief
Medical Editor
There is room for growth. Participants would like Double Up extended to all SNAP-eligible
retailers and made year-round; many also wished that incentives could be expanded to
include non-Michigan grown produce. Participants expressed significant gratitude for
Double Up incentives and wished more people could know about and use the program.
Moving forward, a community-informed, clinic-based intervention will assess utilization
of Double Up among families at a primary care clinic in Ypsilanti, Michigan. This phase of
the project will continue to assess changes in fruit and vegetable consumption, barriers to
program use, and examine potential downstream health impacts.
Fair Food Network
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National Healthy Food
Incentives Cluster Evaluation.
Double Up evaluation results were augmented by a two-year cluster evaluation of healthy
food incentive programs from across the country. Led by Community Science, the study
looked at incentive programs run by four organizations—Fair Food Network, Wholesome
Wave, Market Umbrella, and Roots of Change/Ecology Center. It drew a sample from
131,000 SNAP customers using incentives to buy healthy food from nearly 5,000 farmers
and vendors in 518 farmers markets in 24 states and the District of Columbia in 2012.
The goal of the study was to support existing healthy food incentive implementation,
provide a framework for future investments, and support the creation and roll-out of a
national healthy food incentive grants program now authorized by the 2014 Farm Bill.
The study showed that regardless of the setting—urban or rural, small or large—healthy
food incentives work. It also found significant health and economic benefits. Findings
aligned with Double Up evaluation in terms of majority of SNAP shoppers reporting
buying more fresh produce (nearly 80 percent); 65 percent of surveyed farmers and vendors
reported that they sold more produce, made more money, and increased their customer
base because of SNAP incentives. The majority of farmers market managers (96 percent)
reported increased business.
The 75 Double Up markets in Michigan made up just 14%
of the total markets surveyed in the national evaluation,
but accounted for more than half of all SNAP incentive
dollars spent.
The study also showed an impressive growth in SNAP incentive programs nationwide.
The four participating organizations almost tripled the number of markets they supported
from 177 markets in 2010 to 518 markets in 2012. SNAP recipients also optimized their
redemptions with an average 96 percentage redemption rate in 2012.
Fair Food Network
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Advocacy
Together, we’re moving
the field forward.
Double Up was designed as a model for how our country might structure federal food
assistance benefits to better meet the needs of consumers and producers. Throughout the
years, Fair Food Network has shared program results with representatives from USDA and
Congress as well as advocates from public health and nutrition, anti-hunger, social justice,
agriculture, and economic development.
The message has been clear: local produce incentives for SNAP families offer a way
to improve healthy food access and consumption while boosting farm income and
stimulating local economic development.
“The work of Fair Food Network
and its partners is an example
for the entire country. The
Farm Bill increases support
for programs like Double
Up Food Bucks, expanding
healthy food options for
consumers, helping family
farmers, and boosting the
state’s economy.”
- Michigan Senator and
Senate Agriculture
Committee Chairwoman
Debbie Stabenow
With a five-year track record, Double Up has earned the attention of healthy food advocates
and practitioners alike, along with the endorsement of local, state, and federal policymakers
on both sides of the aisle.
Agriculture and rural interests have been impressed that small- and mid-size farmers
routinely report selling more produce and making more money at farmers markets as
a result of Double Up.
Health and nutrition advocates have been impressed that as a result of Double Up, SNAP
users report buying and eating more fruits and vegetables, trying new varieties, and, just as
important, using their benefits on fewer low-nutrition snacks.
Fair Food Network met regularly with both Republican and Democratic staff of the
House and Senate Agriculture Committees and was consulted by both chambers in the
writing of the new Farm Bill. Language funding incentives was included in every farm and
nutrition bill passed by both houses of Congress in 2012 and 2013, including both the House
and the Senate versions of the Farm Bill.
Signed into law on February 7, 2014, the 2014 Farm Bill includes $100 million over five years
to support the Food Insecurity Nutrition Incentive (FINI), a new national healthy produce
incentive grants program. This provision garnered strong bipartisan support informed by
Double Up’s five-year track record in Michigan. Michigan Senator Debbie Stabenow, who
chairs the Senate Agriculture committee, has been a steadfast champion of the program
from its inception.
Alongside fellow leaders working to support healthy food incentives, we look forward to
supporting the USDA as this new national program rolls out.
Fair Food Network
“Fair Food Network’s
innovative approach is
making it easier for residents
to make healthy choices.
Its efforts to reinvent our
food system are good for
the health of our cities, our
farmers, and our economy.”
- Michigan Governor
Rick Snyder
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Onward
We’re on a mission to create health
and economic opportunity for all.
“Double Up Food Bucks is
changing the equation for
vulnerable children and
families in Michigan. W.K.
Kellogg Foundation is proud to
be a supporter of this effort.”
From further examining the economic benefits of healthy food incentives to field-testing
new innovations in Michigan to developing a toolkit to support national expansion—our
work has just begun.
- Dr. Gail C. Christopher,
Vice President of Program
Strategy, W.K. Kellogg
Foundation
We are pursuing new research frontiers.
As Double Up continues to grow, we will dig deeper in the following areas:
• Economic benefit: It is time for a deeper analysis of the economics of food assistance
and incentive dollars to measure current and potential opportunities for farmers and
local economies.
• Health impact: We need to better understand the potential of healthy food incentives
to lead to real, quantifiable changes in health outcomes. Partnerships with healthcare
institutions—from large hospitals to small local clinics—will be crucial in this next stage.
• Impacts of new technologies: We will continue to investigate the real impacts
of mobile payment technology both on what SNAP shoppers buy, as well as the
administrative costs to vendors and farmers markets. We intend to develop a set of best
practices for this emerging field.
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We are innovating in Michigan.
Moving ahead, we will continue to deepen our roots in Michigan and field test new
innovations. Specifically, we look forward to refining mobile payment and adapting the
program for grocery stores and other settings.
We are supporting national expansion.
From the outset, we have been committed to designing and field-testing a program that
can serve as a model for other communities. With the passage of the 2014 Farm Bill and
the Food Insecurity Nutrition Incentive grants program, that vision is now a reality. We are
already working to make the Double Up model available in other states and have developed
a toolkit to support its expansion.
•
•
Double Up Toolkit & Technical Assistance: We have translated the Double Up
program and associated tools into a practitioner toolkit available to groups interested in
replicating the model outside Michigan. Fair Food Network can help assess the feasibility
of starting a program in your region, share the tools and templates you need to get it
off the ground, and help you access funding opportunities. Our staff is also on hand to
provide technical assistance throughout the process. For more information email
[email protected].
Partnering with Wholesome Wave: We are forging a partnership with Wholesome
Wave, a fellow leader in healthy food incentives. We are working together to support
existing healthy food incentives in Tulsa, Oklahoma and exploring other regions that
have expressed interest. Together, we can build upon the best parts of our respective
models, draw in research from other practitioners, and ensure incentive programs
throughout the country can benefit from our collective years of experience in the field.
“Healthy food incentive
programs are a critical
component for building a
fairer food system. There is
tremendous potential and
Double Up Food Bucks has
set the standard for what is
possible nationwide.”
– Richard McCarthy, Executive
Director, Slow Food USA
We are seeking funding opportunities.
Financial partnerships will be critical as we work to grow the program, improve upon its
delivery, and maximize its impact. Double Up will continue to rely on the generosity of
corporate, community, and private foundations. And very soon, philanthropic funds will
have the opportunity to leverage federal funds to support national expansion. To learn
more, please contact us at [email protected].
Let’s work together to reinvigorate our food system for the health of our communities,
farmers, and local economies.
Fair Food Network
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Thank You
Double Up Food Bucks would
not exist—much less be such a
success—without the support
of our local partners.
THANK YOU.
Past and present
participating partners include:
Ada Farmers Market
Adrian Farmers Market
Allen Neighborhood Center
Ann Arbor Farmers Market
Ann Arbor Westside Farmers Market
ARA Farm Market
Back Road Gardens Farm Stand
Bangor Farmers Market
Bath Farmers Market
Battle Creek Farmers Market Association
Berrien County Health Department
Boyne City Farmers Market
Byron Farmers Market
Cadillac Area Farmers’ Market
Canton Farmers Market
Charlevoix Farmers Market
Chelsea Farmers Market
City of Springfield Farmers Market
Cobblestone Farmers Market
Dearborn Farmers & Artisans Market
Dixboro Farmers Market
Downtown Bay City Farmers Market
Downtown Big Rapids Farmers Market
Downtown Jackson Grand River Farmers Market
Downtown Market Grand Rapids
Downtown Marquette Farmers’ Market
Downtown Owosso Farmers Market
Downtown Saginaw Farmers’ Market Incorporated
Dundee Farmers Market
Earthworks
East Lansing Farmer’s Market
Eastern Market Corporation
Eaton Rapids Medical Center
Edmore Farmers Market
Elberta Farmers Market
Escanaba Farmers Market
Evart Farmer Market
Fair Food Matters
Farmers Market Assoc Toledo
Fremont Area Chamber of Commerce
Fulton Street Farmers Market
Gaylord Farmers Market
Gladwin Farmers Market
Gleaners Fresh Food Share Program
Grand Blanc City Farmers Market
Green Market at Allegiance Health
Greenville Farmers Market
Grow Benzie
Growing Hope
Holland Farmers Market
Holt Farmers Market
Honey Bee Market
Hudsonville Farmers Market
Imlay City Farmers Market
Islandview Farmers Market
Jefferson Street Farmers Market
Fair Food Network
Kalamazoo People’s Food Co-op
Lansing City Market
Lapeer Farmers Market
Leelanau Farmers Markets Association
Lincoln Park Farmers’ Market
Manistee Community Kitchen
Manistee Farmers Market
Marvin’s Garden Spot
Menominee County Farm and Food Exchange
Menominee Historic Downtown Farmers Market
Meridian Twp Farmers Market
Metro FoodLand
Metro Health Hospital
Mike’s Fresh Market
Milford Farmers’ Market
Monroe Farmers Market
Mt. Clemens Farmers Market
Mt. Pleasant Farmers Market
Munising Farmer’s and Artisan Market
Muskegon Farmers Market
New Baltimore Farmers Market
New City Neighbors Farm Stand
Northeast Michigan Regional Farm Markets
Northwest Detroit Farmers Market
NorthWest Initiative
Oakland Avenue Farmers Market
Oakland County Farmers Market
Our Kitchen Table
Owosso Original Farmer’s Market
Peaches and Greens Produce Market
Pellston Farmers Market
Plainfield Twp Farmers Market
Sara Hardy Downtown Farmers Market
South Lansing Community Farmers Market
Southeast Area Farmers Market
Southeast Area Farmers Market (Grand Rapids)
Sowing Seeds Growing Futures Farmers Market
Sparta Farmers Market
Spectrum Health Hospitals
Springfield Farmers’ Market
Sprout Urban Farm
Sweetwater Local Foods Market
Texas Township Farmer’s Market
Vantage Point Farmers Market
Vicksburg Farmers’ Market
Warren Conner Community Development Corporation
Warren Farmers Market
Wayne State University, SEED Wayne
Williamston Farmers Market
Wyandotte Farmers’ Market
YMCA of Greater Grand Rapids
2013 Double Up Sites
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We deeply appreciate Double Up’s
partners and funders. THANK YOU.
Our partners include:
Access of West Michigan
AFPD
Association of Junior Leagues International, Inc.
Black Family Development, Inc.
Blueprint Interactive
Brendy Barr Communications
Cherry Street Farmers Market (Tulsa, Oklahoma)
Chuk Nowak Photography
Community Health and Social Services (CHASS) Center, Inc.
Community Science
Detroit Black Community Food Security Network
Detroit Community Markets
Detroit Economic Growth Corporation
Detroit Food & Fitness Collaborative
Detroit Food Policy Council
Detroit Kitchen Connect
Detroit Lions
Detroit Medical Center
Detroit Parent Network
Detroit Public Schools Office of School Nutrition
Detroit Urban League
Eastern Market Corporation
Ecology Center Ann Arbor
Ecology Center Berkeley
Economic Community Development Initiative
Epic Technology Solutions, LLC
Farm Credit Mid-America
Feeding America West Michigan
Field & Fork Network
Food Bank Council of Michigan
Food Bank of South Central Michigan
FoodLab Detroit
Forgotten Harvest
Gleaners Community Food Bank of Southeastern Michigan
Good Food Battle Creek
Greater Grand Rapids Food Systems Council
Greater Lansing Food Bank
Greening of Detroit
Growing Hope
Henry Ford Health System
Institute for Population Health
The JFM Group, LLC
Kalamazoo Loaves & Fishes
Keep Growing Detroit
Kent County Essential Needs Task Force
Kent ISD
Lucas County Job and Family Services
Market Umbrella
McConnell Communications, Inc.
Metropolitan Organizing Strategy Enabling Strength (MOSES)
Michigan Department of Community Health
Michigan Department of Human Services
Michigan Farmers Market Association
Michigan Food and Farming Systems
Michigan Food Policy Council
Michigan Land Use Institute
Michigan Nutrition Network
Michigan State University Center for Regional Food Systems
Michigan Voices for Good Food Policy
Midtown Neighborhood Association (Grand Rapids)
Mint Design
National Good Food Network
Novo Dia Group, Inc.
People’s Food Co-op Kalamazoo
Fair Food Network
ProMedica
Pyramid Communications
R&G Family Grocers
Roots of Change
SpartanNash
Systems and Methods, Inc.
Toledo Farmers Market Association
United Way for Southeastern Michigan
University of Michigan Department of Family Medicine
University of Michigan School of Public Health
The University of Toledo Department of Geography and Planning
UpLift Solutions
Wayne State University, SEED Wayne
Whole Foods Market
Wholesome Wave
YMCA of Greater Grand Rapids
Our funders include:
Aetna Foundation
AFPD Foundation
Americana Foundation
Ann Arbor Area Community Foundation
Bank of America
Battle Creek Community Foundation
Bay Area Community Foundation
Benzie-Leelanau District Health Department
C.S. Mott Foundation
Capital Region Community Foundation
Carls Foundation
Charles & Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation
Charter One Foundation
Charter One Toledo
Chelsea Community Foundation
Community Foundation for Muskegon County
Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan
Dyer-Ives Foundation
Erb Family Foundation
Four County Community Foundation
Grand Rapids Community Foundation
Hille Foundation
Irving S. Gilmore Foundation
Jackson Community Foundation
The Jewish Fund
Kresge Foundation
Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC)
McGregor Fund
Michigan Department of Agriculture
Michigan Deptartment of Community Health
Michigan Nutrition Network
New Hampshire Charitable Foundation
Newman’s Own Foundation
Open Society Foundations
Osprey Foundation
Panta Rhea Foundation
R.E. Olds Foundation
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Ruth Mott Foundation
Saginaw Community Foundation
Slemons Foundation
Toledo Community Foundation
United Way for Southeastern Michigan
United Way of Greater Toledo
University of Toledo
USDA
Utopia Foundation
W.K. Kellogg Foundation
Whole Foods Market
Wholesome Wave
Woodcock Foundation
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Appendix
Research
Double Up Food Bucks – How it Works Video
Video: youtube.com/fairfoodnetwork
Double Up Food Bucks Evaluation
markets in 24 states and the District of Columbia. The goal
of the study was to support existing implementation and
provide a framework for future investments and potential
national expansion. Results find that healthy food incentive
programs at farmers markets significantly boost healthy eating
in underserved communities, improve the economic viability
of farmers, and strengthen local economies.
Double Up Evaluation 2011
Report: fairfoodnetwork.org/resources/healthy-foodincentives-cluster-evaluation-2013-final-report
Report: fairfoodnetwork.org/resources/double-food-bucks2011-evaluation-report
Additional Research
Double Up Evaluation 2012
Report: fairfoodnetwork.org/resources/double-food-bucks2012-evaluation-report
Healthy Food for All
This 2009 report assesses the current environment and
potential for change in two cities where the need for food
justice is particularly acute: Detroit and Oakland.
Healthy Food Incentives Research
Report: fairfoodnetwork.org/resources/healthy-food-for-all
Farmers Market Incentive Provider Study
To encourage Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
(SNAP) participants to shop at farmers markets, various
organizations have been providing financial incentives to
participants who redeem SNAP benefits at participating
farmers markets. This 2014 report is meant to be the first
systematic study of the roles different organizations play in
designing and implementing SNAP-based incentive programs,
how they choose markets for their programs, and how they
evaluate success of their program. It was published in March
2014 by USDA’s Food and Nutrition Service, Office of Policy
Support.
Economic Impact of Localizing Detroit’s Food System
What would be the economic impact of encouraging
residents in and around Detroit to purchase more local
food and beverages? In a word: major. This 2010 Fair Food
Network-sponsored report by economist Michael Shuman
demonstrates how just in the city of Detroit, shifting 20
percent of food spending would increase annual output by
nearly half a billion dollars.
Report: fns.usda.gov/farmers-market-incentiveprovider-study
Healthy Food Incentives National
Cluster Evaluation
This report summarizes results of a two-year cluster evaluation
of four organizations—Fair Food Network, Wholesome Wave,
Market Umbrella, and Roots of Change/Ecology Center—
that offer healthy food incentives at more than 500 farmers
Fair Food Network
Report: fairfoodnetwork.org/resources/economic-impactlocalizing-detroits-food-system
The 20% Shift: The Economic Benefits of Food Localization
for Michigan and the Capital Required to Realize Them
This 2013 report by economist Michael Shuman evaluates
the economic impacts the state of Michigan would enjoy
through a 20 percent shift toward local food. A “20 percent
shift” means that for each food sector, a fifth of all non-local
consumption would shift to local foodstuffs, with local
production expanding accordingly.
Report: fairfoodnetwork.org/resources/20-shift
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